How I Successfully Released My Board Game

How I successfully released my roguelike inspired board game on Kickstarter.

Looking to release your own board game on Kickstarter? Well, today I tell you a story on how my game The Keeyp: Roguelite Board Game went from nothing to making over $30k.

Sign the petition today to bring The Keeyp: Roguelite Board Game to Table Top Simulator:

Grab yourself a Print & Play copy of The Keeyp today:

Chapters:
0:00 Recap
0:35 The Keeyp
0:59 Our story begins...
1:37 I made a petition
1:59 How to play?
3:01 Squarespace
3:55 Our biggest mistake
4:37 People were mad
5:00 Shipping everything
5:35 Mailing 600 games
6:17 Kickstarter reminder
6:50 Table Top Simulator
7:17 Another petition?
8:02 Shoutouts

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[ryanfitzgerald]

The game looks so good! I would definitely like to get it however when I asked my parents about buying through kickstarter they said it would be a bit risky and they felt unsure about it and that is why I never was able to get one. If it were through like Amazon or able to be found in store it would be a blessing. However from what it sounds like that would be difficult to do.

[rogercls]

Amazing what a good presentation to the world can do -- of course, it helps that the game looks phenomenal.

Hope to play it one day. Keeyp it up!

[todskii]

Always hoping for your success, Goodgis. This is some exciting stuff!

[CalebWillden]

Bought the Print-n-Play and have loved playing with my siblings! I even made my own Keeypling, Groovy Sam, the disco spider! Wish I could share a picture, but comments won't allow any links it seems.

My siblings and I have tweaked few Keeyplings to reduce obnoxious camping and stalling strategies (*cough* Hat-Nip *cough* Blue Jazz) and it's been delightful fun! We even made up a new mode where you each play two Keeyplings at once, haha.

[infamousXsniper]

Dang, I really wish I hadn't missed the kickstarter. I really hope you do another physical release.

[LittleSiri.]

i just finished making my print and play copy and cant wait to play it next board games night with my friends. thanks for making it a print and play and making it more available

[microdavid]

super proud of the work you've done. I'm just blown away. Great work

[SkidesGames]

As always I REALLY appreciate the videos you make, they are so inspiring and insightful and I learn so much from each one. Watch out man! One day I might just pop off with something awesome I made from everything I learned on your channel 😤😂

Also cant wait to play The Keeyp, will sign the petition!

[vizthex]

I backed this after finding your video over the development process, and my family & I love it! Especially my younger sister.

It's really simple & easy to learn.

[chazneace]

Love what you do, really inspiring. Idk how you make all this stuff then make high quality, well edited videos about it.

[AIAdev]

I'm not much of a board game player but this game looks like a ton of fun and is so polished. So glad you got to put it out into the world.

[commanderlabs]

Got the print and play version for my cousins and it's awesome! They're in love with it!

[Teddinotteddy]

I'm so glad you brought it back. You made the board game I dreamed of when I was a child.

[Chris-Moore]

Very inspirational stuff. Love the way you tackled the unknown with such courage! Like a true Keeyp champ!

[xdsloth]

Absolutely Love the idea, presentation and result of the game! It’s unfortunate that funding is an issue but the print and play idea was absolutely genius. Unfortunately I was way too late for the kickstarter and didn’t even notice it had happened at first. Although my goals are different from yours, seeing you thrive even after you thought it was all over is inspiring and i wish you and the keeyp luck.

[finndotbin]

It's been awesome watching your channel grow! I can't wait to get my hands on this game. I'll be waiting patiently for when it's available again :)

[studiovieno]

Videos such as this are really valuable!

I've got plans for a visual novel, it is surprisingly hard to find content that discusses the problems of physical releases.
I'll have to check the game out. Hopefully there will be an another physical release in the future.

[personguyguy]

Hey Goodgis! I'm always finished watching your videos thinking "Man, that was a great video, I should probably comment on it saying something about how great he is at making them." and I just don't know what else to say other than that they are great, and I genuinely get such a big dopamine rush whenever I see in my youtube notifications that there is a new video you've made. I also know you reply to so many comments, it's unreal. The Keeyp game video is the first video I ever saw of your channel. Obviously it was super interesting, and when I found out you did game dev, I have watched almost every video you've posted so far. That has been very rewarding, and makes my day better of course. The simplistic art style you use in your videos is great, and is very easy on the eyes to look at. I wish there was a way to express what I think about the content more in depth more than just "Like the video, it was great, " because it's so overused and general it reminds me of like school with the people who write essays on simple questions and people who write about 4 words, and I fall into the essays category (I feel bad for my writers callus), and the 4 words type of person is so basic and vague it's like trying to say your life's story in one sentence, except the sentence is almost identical in some way to almost everybody else. Trying to come up with a different comment is super hard, I guess, unless there's something that REALLY caught your attention. There is something that caught mine, like the fact that the Keeyp "flopped". That really makes me sort of sad that such a good game has sort of died down. Well, yeah, I write comments all of the time. Never once in my life have I ever wrote one this long. (joke that's not true) I think I've written enough. If some of this isn't grammatically correct, I kind of just typed whatever my fingers tope (typed? what's the word for the past tense of type that would make sense in this situation bruh), and I just let it auto pilot. I want to get my word out, but typing paragraphs upon paragraphs (which I have not done here) is tiring, and I think I'm done. I've said what I guess I wanted to say, and I'm not going to go back, read the whole thing, and check, so uh I guess you have a great day, or night, don't know what time it is for you. Bye!

[KalosBlaze]

I cannot wait to play! You’re first video on the Keeyp is what got me hooked on your channel just a couple days ago. Can’t wait to see what’s next!

[twangerrrrrr]

its pretty fascinating how production works to manufacture, package, and ship these products